Attachment for stoves and ranges.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

FREDERICK C. KESSLER AND ERNEST L. KESSLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES AND RANGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application ned April 27, 1906. serai No. 313,978.'

To all whom, it 7uur/y con/cern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK C. KESS- LER and ERNEST L. KEssLEn, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of I'Iissouri, have invented certain new and useftl Improvements in Attachments for Stoves and Ranges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an attachment for stoves and ranges designed for service as a support for the various implements used in connection with stoves and ranges-sach, for instance, as stove-lid litters, polrers, shovels, and grate-shakers.

The object of the invention is to provide a support of the character named whereby the stove implements may be disposed in congregated positions when not in use and so held that they may be readily grasped and removed from the support when either implement is to be used.

Figure I is a perspective view of our attachment shown applied to a fragment of la stove or range. Iig. II is a vertical transverse section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a vertical longitudinal section taken on line III III, Fig. II, through the portion of the stove or range illustrated and showing the attachment in rear elevation. Fig. IV is an inverted view of the attachment. Fig. V is a front elevation illustrating a modification.

A designates a fragment of the rim of a stove or range to which our attachment may be applied.

l designates a plate that forms the main bod v of our attachment and which is adapted to be secured to the rim of the stove or range at any convenient point. The body-plate l is provided with one or more pockets 2, that are adapted to receive the point of a stove-lid lifter, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. I, two of said pockets being preferably provided. Extending inwardly from one side of the bodyplate is a notch 3, which is adapted to receive i a poker, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. I. Extending outwardly from the outer edge of the body-plate is a hook 4, that is adapted to receive the handle of a fire-shovel, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. I, and extending upwardly from the. top of the body-plate are pairsof and adapted to receive a grate-shaker. (Not shown in the drawing.)

The rear edge of the body-plate 1 is adapted'to be placed against the rim of a stove or range top, and extending upwardly from the inner edge of the plate is a tongue 6, that is adapted to rest against the outer face of said stove or range top rim. At the lower side of the body-plate, and preferably integral therewith, is a bihircated lug 7, the arms of which are sufficiently separated from each other to provide for the reception of a bolt that may be introduced between the arms and extend rearwardly for the purpose of securing a clamping member to be presently described.

8 are arms formed integral with the bodyplate of the attachment and extending rearwardly therefrom, as seen in Figs. III and IV, these arms being so disposedv relativevto the tongue 6 at the top of the body-plate that they will protrude beneath the edge of the stove or range top rim, while said tongue fits against the outer face of said rim.

9 is a clamp-plate that is adapted to be placed against the inner side of the stove or range top rim. This clamp-plate is apertures. to receive the arms 8, which are passed therethrough near the ends of the clampplate, andit is also centrally apertured to receive the binding-bolt l0, which is seated between the lugs 7 of the body-plate.

It will be seen that when the parts are applied in the positions shown and described andL the nut on the binding-bolt is tightened the body-plate and4 clamp-plate are drawn tightly to the stove or range top rim, and as a.

result the attachment is securely held to said rim and the clamp-plate is held in alinement with the body-plate, due to the seating of the arms 8, which are carried by the body-plate, in the apertures in the clamp-plate.

It is obvious that other means for attaching our attachment to a stove or range might be utilized. and the clamping device described be dispensed with. For instance, apertures, as shown at a and 6, might be formed, respectively, in the stove or range top rim and the tongue of the body-plate of the attachment and a bolt passed through these members to connect them.

In Fig. V we have shown a modification in which the bifurcated lug 7 is detachable from the bodyplate of the attachment and is preferably held. to said body-plate when in fingers 5, arranged parallel with each other. i use by forming a covetail joint between it IOO IIO

and the plate. In other respects the attachment is the same as that previously described.

We 'claim- 1. An attachment for stoves or ranges I binding-bolt for connecting .said lug and clamp-plate, substantially as set forth.

2. An attachment for stoves and ranges, comprising a plate adapted to receive implements appertaining to said stove or range and having a tongue slanting upwardly from the plate and adapted to rest against the outer face of the top rim of the stove or range to hold the plate against downward movement when clamped, and means for clamping said plate tothe top rim of the range or stove; said clamping means comprising a central bifurcated lug extending downwardly from the plate, arms exten-fling rearwardly from the plate, a clamp-plate having periorations through which said arms are adapted to pass and having a central aperture, and a binding-bolt adapted to pass through said central aperture to connect the clamp-plate to the lug, substantially as set forth.

FREDERICK C. KESSLER. ERNEST L. KESSLER.

In presence of- BLANOHE HOGAN, HOWARD G. COOK. 

